site.btaBTA Announces Top 10 in Balkan Athlete of the Year Poll for 2023

The Bulgarian News Agancy (BTA) Wednesday announced the Top 10 in the 50th edition of the agency's Balkan Athlete of the Year poll. The winner and results of the poll will be announced next week.

The top 10 athletes for 2023 in alphabetical order:

Aleksander Vezenkov (Bulgaria, basketball)
Boryana Kaleyn (Bulgaria, rhythmic gymnastics)
Gianmarco Tamberi (Italy, athletics)
Ivana Spanovic-Vuleta (Serbia, athletics)
Melissa Vargas (Turkiye, volleyball)
Miltiadis Tentoglou (Greece, athletics)
Nikola Jokic (Serbia, basketball)
Novak Djokovic (Serbia, tennis)
Simona Radis (Romania, rowing)
Francesco Bagnaia (Italy, motorcycling)

The national agencies of the countries of the region - BTA (Bulgaria), ANA-MPA (Greece), AGERPRES (Romania), Anadolu Agency (Turkiye), TANJUG (Serbia), MINA (Montenegro), MIA (North Macedonia), HINA (Croatia), FENA (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and ATA (Albania) - participated in the traditional poll. For the first time, ANSA (Italy), CNA (Cyprus) and KosovoPress (Kosovo) were included in the voting as members of the Association of the Balkan News Agencies - South East Europe (ABNA-SE).

A total of 60 athletes received votes in the poll this year.